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Many-lined Sweetlips

Plectorhinchus multivittatus

Also known as: Many-banded Sweetlip, Manyline Sweetlip, Sweetlips

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2022
Adult
@greatwhite · Oyster Stacks, Ningaloo Reef, Exmouth, WA, Australia · March 20131 / 7
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Overview

Found singly or in schools during the day close to sheltered areas, out hunting for food at night over coastal reefs.
Western Pacific - Northern Australia, Taiwan

In some areas of the world 'Grunts' are better known as 'Sweetlips' distinguished from other species by their very large rubbery lips.
'Grunts'because they "grunt," the grunting sound is produced by their flat teeth plates rubbing together and this is amplified by their air bladders.
Found either singly or in schools hovering or motionless over the reef during the day, becoming nocturnal predators.

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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Pacific
  • Exact location · 5
  • Country only · 2
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Found singly or in schools during the day close to sheltered areas, out hunting for food at night over coastal reefs.

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Adult photos 7

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderEupercaria incertae sedis
    5. familyHaemulidae
    6. genusPlectorhinchus
    7. speciesPlectorhinchus multivittatus (MacLeay, 1878)

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    More in the family

    Grunts (Haemulidae)